In this study, we investigated the effect of alcohol on EV secretion by human monocytes and studied the role of alcohol-induced EVs as an alternative mode of cell-to-cell communication between monocytes. Our data demonstrate that the total number of EVs secreted from alcohol-treated monocytes is...
In addition to structural similarities, these two related viruses exhibit functional similarities like cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) binding, T-cell and mononuclear cell tropism, viral transmission, replication and pathogenesis [2–4]. However, in spite of the similarities between HIV-1 and HIV...